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Why do hydrogen atom combine to form molecule?

April 26, 2017Atom form Hydrogen molecule

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Why do hydrogen atom combine to form molecule?

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Each individual hydrogen atom has one electron. Atoms always want to be in the lowest energy state possible therefore the hydrogen atoms will combine to fill the 1s orbital by sharing the two electrons in a covalent bond. This fills hydrogen’s so called “octet”.